Last Saturday Koleman and his Lego team participated in the State Tournament. It was a long, mostly good day. Their robot didn't do exactly what it was supposed to all the time, so they were disappointed with peformance scores. Here's a picture of one of their performances. The fact that you can see gray balls on the table means the robot was naughty.
However, on the plus side, they got a cool trophy for winning the Innovative Design award. Their robot was one of only two that attempted to pick up the balls (as opposed to pushing them). They had a cool cage with rubber bands that slammed down on top of the balls, capturing them.
It also used light sensors to track along the purple in the rainbow, and a touch sensor to know when it hit the wall. The problem is that it never did what it was supposed to. That's why they have an Innovative Design award - it rewards teams who take interesting approaches to solve problems, even if that approach ends up not working.
Here's the team (one member is in Australia, so they had to replace her with a remote control car):
And here is Koleman, sporting a FLL Participation Medal and lovingly holding the nifty trophy. Much cooler than the trophies I used to get.
3 comments:
A hearty congratulations to each and everyone of the kids. They worked hard and proved to be very good thinkers. Their teamwork also showed wonderfully.
Congratulations! I was hoping to make it out and see the action, but Mary and Anika were sick so I needed to stay home.
Ditto from me. I've seen successful robot antics from the team, so I know they're good at what they do. Congratulations on the trophy!
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